diff --git a/package/base/xfsprogs/xfsprogs.conf b/package/base/xfsprogs/xfsprogs.conf
index 3525a11f6..0bef78dd7 100644
--- a/package/base/xfsprogs/xfsprogs.conf
+++ b/package/base/xfsprogs/xfsprogs.conf
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ autogen=1
 # only static libs go here
 var_append confopt ' ' "--libexecdir='$libdir'"
 
-# tell xfsprogs whether we have a gettext package
+# tell xfsprogs whether we have a gettext/readline package
 pkginstalled gettext || var_append confopt ' ' "--enable-gettext=no"
+pkginstalled readline && var_append confopt ' ' "--enable-readline=yes"
 
 bindir="$root/$prefix/sbin"
 sbindir="$root/sbin"
diff --git a/package/base/xfsprogs/xfsprogs.desc b/package/base/xfsprogs/xfsprogs.desc
index b3075eebe..cdcb10a88 100644
--- a/package/base/xfsprogs/xfsprogs.desc
+++ b/package/base/xfsprogs/xfsprogs.desc
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 2.6.10
+[V] 2.6.25
 [P] X -?---5---9 183.700
 
-[D] 655426845 xfsprogs-2.6.10.src.tar.gz ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/cmd_tars/
+[D] 2161488680 xfsprogs-2.6.25.src.tar.gz ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/cmd_tars/